11-05-2005
North Charleston, S.C. - A motorcyclist was thrown from his Honda Motor Hawk at the North Rhett off-ramp of I-526 approximately 40 feet onto the ground below Saturday evening. The accident occurred in a curved section of the off-ramp after the driver lost control. The North Charleston Fire Department ,Charleston County Volunteer Rescue and Charleston County EMS used a Ladder/Platform truck to rig a low angle hauling system to retrieve the driver to an awaiting ambulance. The driver was transported to the Medical University Hospital with apparent non-life threatening injuries.
Peter Rogers
Charleston County Rescue Charleston, S.C.